Main street, Sarina

Love the Smell of Molasses in the Afternoon

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July 26th 2010
We are in the sugar town of Sarina. The little cane train toots as it goes through the road crossing, the mill's chimney is smokin' and there's the smell of molasses in the air. I love these little sugar towns, though we notice they've grown somewhat more each time we visit. We had two nights in Yeppoon. Saturday night the park managers put on a sausage sizzle with a bush poet for entertainment ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Sarina

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more